Not another Mustang restoration thread.

As far as I recall he did not plate a part that was originally painted. That housing was always chrome.

All the chrome platers in Cali have vanished
Nice job.

67 ski nat wrote: All the chrome platers in Cali have vanished Nice job.

Yes, the California environmentalist chased them out!

8122pbrainard wrote: 67 ski nat wrote: All the chrome platers in Cali have vanished Nice job. Yes, the California environmentalist chased them out!

Yes, same here, they have chased most of the criminal operations out.
I did some work for the Environmental Enforcement division in our local government. We have one of the largest industrial parks in Illinois. There are many platers, circuit board manufacturers, and chemical warehouses located there.
Many of the businesses have been forced out because they are fly by night operations that have no regard for our health or safety. They are constantly caught falsifying documents about the chemicals they use and the processes they perform at their operations. Generally they are caught during inspections. Devices placed in sewers to capture samples at specific times catch many as they release toxic chemicals into the sewer system, generally at late hours of the night, as well. When they are caught they just declare bankruptcy and leave the taxpayers stuck with the clean up bill.
The platers that remain cooperate with the department and dispose of their chemicals properly. Government only chases the criminal operations out. CMP is compliant with laws regarding toxic waste, that's why they have been in business for over 40 years.
In the early 90s I responded to a report of an unconcious person in a factory. I was the first one on the scene and ran in to locate and assess the victim while the paramedics were in route. The factory was deserted as I searched for the victim, which seemed odd. I quickly felt like I was going to become unconscious and made it out a door. The problem was a spill of a cynide salt that is used in plating. I was taken to the hospital where I spent 2-3 days with a line in an artery in one arm, and a vein in the other monitoring my blood chemistry and oxygen levels. It was a typical fly by night operation and everyone had run out of the facility leaving it abandoned and not telling the dispatchers that the reason the victim was unconcious was a sodium cynide spill.
I was told when I was discharged that many people who are exposed to this chemical develop a sensitivity and death is possible if exposed again even at low levels.
I have no fondness for the criminals who operate these illegal plants.

I hope Tito is well, He has always been good to me.
Moving at my glacial pace and between yard work and other distractions I've spent a little time prepping and painting some of the parts to get the engine finished. I hope this turns out ok< I'm comitted now. Can anyone suggest a method to paint the little HM logos cast into the parts? They were red and white originally. I am not very steady with a brush and was thinking some kind of blotter or stamp pad may work. I've never done detail painting. They cast their logo and part numbers into everything.

Your like a mad scientist with the battery leads and tub of chemicals
What in the world are you doing

I think I’ll try it. But outside
I’ve been using evaporust or acid

Is that a sag I see in one of the parts? Reject!!

Looking great John.

Excellent explanation. I was wondering about amps , I was thinking 2.
And then of course the wife.
Nice work

I'm still bummed about the crack in the bell housing. I'll start prepping the other one tomorrow..

Fix the crack.

Etching primer or epoxy primer? Looks like the latter... the self etching is green.

Paint looks good.

2nd verse, same as the first.

John,
The brackets were added at the CC factory. Each boat manufacturer would add theirs per their needs for their cable routing. "bent in a vice" Did you expect anything different from CC back then? Actually, they worked for many years and will work again so, I'd paint them up and use them. Besides, they are original.

[QUOTE=john b] Are these cheesy cable brackets a H/M thing or from CC? /QUOTE]

You have done everything so nice so far. Throw them in a pile and make them the way they should have been made to start with. Just cause some fabricator wanna- be beat them out does not warrant you following his ways. Kinda like rewiring using the same "bowl of spaghetti" system the factory used. Do it right, your work to this point has looked very good.

I’m using the Neanderthal cable brackets on my 71. Simple and effective. I’ve used some modern aftermarket options on my 454 builds but never considered anything like that on my classic. Just wouldn’t look right.